Features
Wednesday, December 9 2009
The Best Indie Pop of 2009
My indie-pop year 2009 was about young energy and autumnal melancholy, about the rush you feel when you first hear an exciting new band and the bittersweet feeling you get when your favorite band calls it quits.
Wednesday, December 12 2007
The Best Indie-Pop of 2007
2007 was a year of independent thinking, where fresh and experienced bands alike stubbornly set off on their own course.
Reviews
Monday, November 14 2011
Deleted Waveform Gatherings: Pretty Escape
The ambition of Pretty Escape is admirable, it but also reveals a gap between what the band is and what they seem to want to be.
Friday, September 17 2010
The Clientele: Minotaur
Whether it is a last gasp from an unusually consistent band, or merely a palate-clearing exercise pointing the way towards a perhaps more experimental direction to be found on a follow-up LP, Minotaur is buoyed by an excellent front half and a less stellar back end.
Wednesday, October 7 2009
The Clientele: Bonfires on the Heath
This bittersweet, dreamy album takes all the band's strengths -- both haunting and sublime -- and amplifies them, making for their finest collection to date. And that's saying something.
Monday, November 10 2008
The Clientele: That Night, A Forest Grew
The Clientele have once again proven they are the kind of great band that can try just about any sound they like, but still sound right at home.
Monday, May 7 2007
The Clientele: God Save the Clientele
Nothing less, but little more than you would expect from this consonant British band
Blogs
Wednesday, May 5 2010
The Clientele Covers M.I.A.'s 'Paper Planes' (video)
This is a bit easier on the eyes compared to red headed children being murdered, isn't it? As part of AV Club's "Undercover" series, the…
Tuesday, July 21 2009
The Clientele - Bonfires on the Heath (new album / MP3)
The Clientele Bonfires on the Heath (Merge) Releasing: 6 October (US) SONG LIST 01 I Wonder Who We Are 02 Bonfires on the Heath 03…
